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I just had a flip phone for a long time because I knew that if I had one of those fancy smartphone thingies I'd never be able to disconnect. Sure I often carried a netbook with me but I at least had to open that up and turn it on, instead of just pulling the thing out of my pocket and glancing at it.
Other than making her sit in the open air and force her to drink water, we did not know what to do. A frantic phone call to her parents elicited that it was an attack of asthma as she had forgotten her inhaler at home.
Regarding the just reported statement by Trump's close ally, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, which was first denied and then, when the audio came out, explained as a joke, let me cite journalist Michael Kinsey: In today's political landscape, the most common way of explaining away a true statement that wasn't supposed to be said or heard is to call it a joke. For instance, when Trump, with all sincerity, asked Russia to intervene in the election, he later explained he was joking The McCarthy quip, which he denied saying, is now being described as a joke, was reported by the Washinton Post, which had obtained copies of the audio.
Toby Keith is headed to the Middle East to join President Donald Trump on his trip to Saudi Arabia. The country singer will perform at a free, men-only concert Saturday in the capital city of Riyadh alongside Saudi singer Rabeh Saqer, AP reported.
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events During President Trump's first 100 days, The Fact Checker started producing a list of every false or misleading statement that he made. When April 29 was history, it turned out that the president had made 492 remarks worthy of inclusion in our interactive graphic .
My colleague Shakezula has already discussed this, but David Clarke's appointment assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security is a big enough deal to be worth more discussion. It is almost impossible to overstate how unfit he is for any law enforcement position, let alone one of the top federal ones: However, if the premature reports are true, Clarke's promotion to federal office would be a major affront to human and civil rights.
At 3:07 a.m. on Friday morning, North Carolina Senate GOP leaders rushed through a budget amendment that stripped education funding for teaching assistants and STEM programs in districts led by Democrats, cut funding to provide fresh produce to food deserts, reallocated money that was supposed to go to an arts museum and a downtown revitalization project, and eliminated a position that works to secure federal aid for disaster relief. It appears the amendment wasn't passed to achieve specific policy goals though, but rather as an act of political retribution after a prolonged and contentious budget negotiation in the state's senate.
I don't like the Kimmel test. Republicans have an easy out if they shovel twenty or thirty billion dollars at presumptive eligibility for birth to three months or birth to six months.
The ACLU is pushing back hard on the nutty "Voter Fraud Commission" created by Donald Trump this week. Dale Ho, director of the ACLU Voting Rights Project, says there are specific things we all need to do to protect our voting rights from this sham commission that includes vote suppresser patient zero, Chris Kobach: ...The American people should demand that elected officials and election administrators not participate in this phony commission.
House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Waters listens as Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling speaks on Capitol Hill on May 2, 2017, during the committee's hearing on overhauling the nation's financial rules. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Waters listens as Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling speaks on Capitol Hill on May 2, 2017, during the committee's hearing on overhauling the nation's financial rules.
Trump's warning to former FBI Director James Comey against leaking anything negative about him - tweeting "James Comey better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!" - is deeply troubling. The core issue here is not whether Trump is secretly recording his meetings or telephone calls .
But New Orleans was also America's largest slave market: a port where hundreds of thousands of souls were brought, sold and shipped up the Mississippi River to lives of misery and torture. Our history is forever intertwined with that of our great nation - including its most terrible sins.
While fighting against the Islamic State group drags on in Mosul, tribal and military forces in Anbar are preparing for what will likely be the final battle against the extremists. But this fight will take many months.
Few events in Syria have attracted as much attention as the alleged chemical weapon attack on the town of Khan Shaykhun . The callous use of biological agents to target civilians is a " crime against humanity " and a serious violation of international law , according to human rights experts.
Barack Obama's ascendancy to the presidency was a curse on black America's political heritage. - Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report It is no secret that the folks over at Black Agenda Report have never cottoned much to ex-President Obama.
For anyone who remembers the Bush administration, when Ari Fleischer covered himself in glory as the lying face of the regime and earned the mocking nickname "Baghdad Bob ," it's fascinating to watch as he works himself into high dudgeon. Contrary to popular opinion, Fleischer is not stupid.
Contradicting previous White House explanations, President Donald Trump has declared he had planned to fire FBI Director James Comey all along, regardless of whether top Justice Department officials recommended the stunning step. His assertions came as Comey's temporary replacement joined in, contradicting other administration statements on the snowballing controversy.
A lot of people think Pence will be the next president. I'm not so sure, because when someone like Joe Scarborough, in a conversation with New York Times reporter Glenn Thrush, openly calls a Republican VP a liar, it's because he doesn't expect him to be an issue: GLENN THRUSH: Let me just backtrack for a second.
Josh Elliott is fed up with overpaid CEOs. As the owner of a Connecticut natural foods market with 40 employees, he says he could never justify pocketing hundreds of times more pay than his employees.